Prefrontal cortex and depression

DA Pizzagalli, AC Roberts - Neuropsychopharmacology, 2022 - nature.com
The prefrontal cortex (PFC) has emerged as one of the regions most consistently impaired in
major depressive disorder (MDD). Although functional and structural PFC abnormalities …

Hot and cold executive functions in the brain: A prefrontal-cingular network

MA Salehinejad, E Ghanavati… - Brain and …, 2021 - journals.sagepub.com
Executive functions, or cognitive control, are higher-order cognitive functions needed for
adaptive goal-directed behaviours and are significantly impaired in majority of …

Early life adversity shapes neural circuit function during sensitive postnatal developmental periods

L Malave, MT van Dijk, C Anacker - Translational psychiatry, 2022 - nature.com
Early life adversity (ELA) is a major risk factor for mental illness, but the neurobiological
mechanisms by which ELA increases the risk for future psychopathology are still poorly …

Toward a better understanding of the mechanisms and pathophysiology of anhedonia: are we ready for translation?

DA Pizzagalli - American Journal of Psychiatry, 2022 - Am Psychiatric Assoc
Anhedonia—the loss of pleasure or lack of reactivity to pleasurable stimuli—remains a
formidable treatment challenge across neuropsychiatric disorders. In major depressive …

Biological factors influencing depression in later life: role of aging processes and treatment implications

SM Szymkowicz, AR Gerlach, D Homiack… - Translational …, 2023 - nature.com
Late-life depression occurring in older adults is common, recurrent, and malignant. It is
characterized by affective symptoms, but also cognitive decline, medical comorbidity, and …

Computational psychiatry needs time and context

PF Hitchcock, EI Fried, MJ Frank - Annual review of psychology, 2022 - annualreviews.org
Why has computational psychiatry yet to influence routine clinical practice? One reason may
be that it has neglected context and temporal dynamics in the models of certain mental …

Validity and utility of Hierarchical Taxonomy of Psychopathology (HiTOP): III. Emotional dysfunction superspectrum

D Watson, HF Levin‐Aspenson, MA Waszczuk… - World …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
The Hierarchical Taxonomy of Psychopathology (HiTOP) is a quantitative nosological
system that addresses shortcomings of traditional mental disorder diagnoses, including …

Reward-processing behavior in depressed participants relative to healthy volunteers: A systematic review and meta-analysis

DC Halahakoon, K Kieslich, C O'Driscoll, A Nair… - JAMA …, 2020 - jamanetwork.com
Importance Dysfunctional reward processing is a leading candidate mechanism for the
development of certain depressive symptoms, such as anhedonia. However, to our …

Anhedonia as a central factor in depression: Neural mechanisms revealed from preclinical to clinical evidence

S Wang, F Leri, SJ Rizvi - Progress in Neuro-Psychopharmacology and …, 2021 - Elsevier
Anhedonia is one of the core symptoms of major depressive disorder (MDD), which is often
inadequately treated by traditional antidepressants. The modern framework of anhedonia …

Characterizing anhedonia: A systematic review of neuroimaging across the subtypes of reward processing deficits in depression

A Borsini, ASJ Wallis, P Zunszain, CM Pariante… - Cognitive, Affective, & …, 2020 - Springer
Anhedonia is a key symptom of major depressive disorder (MDD) and comprises
behavioural deficits in three reward processing subtypes: reward liking, reward wanting, and …